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Lucky Anvil Find
- Thread starter JohnnyTK
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trlvn
Ultra Member
I know little about anvils; never seen that shape before. IE, the shape of the table and the position of the hardy and pritchel holes. Is this designed for a particular purpose or is this just a regional thing?
Craig
(A buddy has a coal forge and I've pounded on hot metal a few times with him.)
Craig
(A buddy has a coal forge and I've pounded on hot metal a few times with him.)
historicalarms
Ultra Member
If you want to have some fun with that baby, google "anvil chucking/launching" ...I don't know where your located but I have enough Black Powder to give'r a rip....
@JohnnyTK, although your anvil has a 50 mark you don't mention how many grown men it took to unload same or it's physical measurements.
I have a small hobby type anvil on my work bench with a 4"x6" base - 3 3/4" high - and 6' tongue to heel. Bathroom scales offers a weight of 9 pounds. My thinking is 50 Kg although the 50 on your vise might not refer to weight. Just saying!
I have a small hobby type anvil on my work bench with a 4"x6" base - 3 3/4" high - and 6' tongue to heel. Bathroom scales offers a weight of 9 pounds. My thinking is 50 Kg although the 50 on your vise might not refer to weight. Just saying!
francist
Super User
I think you could say it’s more of a regional thing, if you want to call continents “regions”.
You find this style more typically in European anvils rather than the American or English. Peddinghaus still makes their anvils in this style I believe, as does Nimba out of Port Townsend although they’re bordering on a hybrid style.
I like the classic English or American shape better but purely from an aesthetic point of view. I have a 1-1-0 Peter Wright (English) but by far the nicest one I ever used was a brute of Hay-Budden that was just a joy to pound anything on.
JohnnyTK
Active Member
I'm going with 50 Kilo as I had to dead lift it out of the trunk of the car. Thanks for sharing all your info on Anvils. I was looking at some recently at Princess for a new version of approximately the same size and they ran at $350.00. Sometimes I wish the tools could tell you their history.
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
I would have tried as well! great story!
historicalarms
Ultra Member
Ha ha ha like I said "I've got lots of Black Powder" and a 1/4 lb would have expedited that operation to a few seconds. and saved his back big time...and depending on how hot it was at the time...the shop owner might or might not have appreciated the new "sun roof"
Yeah, I have seen those anvil chucking competitions. I like the ones where they don’t have enough of a “base” and the black powder just drives the bottom anvil into the ground and the top one (the one that is supposed to go airborne in a spectacular way) just kind of falls off...